Michael fitzgerald



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M. PITZGERALD.

FAUGET, &@.

N0. 320,770. Patented June 23, 1885.

. ha(1 therein t0 the aceompanying drawings.

UNITED STATES M IOHAEL FITZGERALD,

OF TROY, N EV YORK.

FAUC ET, &c.

SPECIPICAI'ION forming part of Letters Applicatim filed June 2, 1884.

T0 all w7wm z't mag concern:

Be it k nown thut I, MICHAEL FIIZGERALD, a eitizen ofthe United States, residing at Troy, in the eounty of Rensselaer and State 0f New York, h2we invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faneets, &e., of whieh the following is a speeification, referenee bein'g This invention has relation t0 improvements in faueet attaChments t0 be used in conneetion With kegs 01 other vessels eontaining liquids; and it eonsists in the construetion and novel arrangement 0f devices, es Will be hereinefter more fully set f0rth, and part-icularly pointed 0ut in the elai1n appended.

In the aeeompanying dmwings, Fignre 1 is a seetional view 0f e portion of a bzurel, showing n1y device appliecl ready t0 reeeive the eoxmecting-tube. Fig. 2 is aperspeetive view of the bushing with the eouplingtube remo ved, showing the .position of the elosing valve 01 (lisk when the druftpassage is open. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal seetional view of the bushing. Fig. 4 is a perspeetive view of the couplingiube Fig. 5 isa perspective view 0f the eylindrical (lisk-holt, am! Fig. 6 is a view 0f the disk er vulve.

Referring to the lmwings, a designates a bnshing 01 annnlus, threaded externally t0 engage a proper opening in the b;u-rel A, and internull v t0 1eeeive the ihreaded b0cly B 0f the i'aucet. The b0dy B is held in position by its threaded eonneet-ion with the bushing, whieh is ordinarily a permanent portion of the.bnrrel, and has a flanged head, b, whieh ab the edges bears against the outer faee 0f the harrel-head, es seen in Fig. 1. The body bes a longitudinal hure, C, threaded at its 0nter extremity und branehed into two 01' n10re chztnnels nenr the innen extremity, and this bore serves as a ehennel f01 the egress 0f the barrel contents. A pipe, H, hns a threaded end, h, which is adapted to beserewed into the ehennel G, und has a seat, h',atits oppositeend' for ready conneetion 0f it flexible pipe. (Not shown.) 'Ihe body B hasalsoztlongitudinel tapering bore, D, whieh receivesa correspond ingly-forn1ed valve-stem,E,having its largeror unter end fianged at c,to give a bestring on the outer end 0f the body, ancl a reetangular depressi0n in seid end,zts Seen ztt G,to reeeive aproper operating 1'001 01 wreneh. (Not shown.) Atc Patent N0. 320,770, dated Inne 23,1885.

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the stem Eis made square t0 reeeive a eorresponding socket 011 a valve, F, and at d it is threadecl t0 reeeive a seenring-nut, which serves t0 hold the valveFageinst the innerend ofthe hody B and 0ver the branehed exits ofthe ehannel G. These parts a1e so 2tclapted 130 eacl1 other that the valve F is held tightly against the end 0f the body by its nut, while the flzmge c and tapering forn1 0f the stem insure a tight bearing. The squared pa1t c assures that the valve Sh3.ll turn with the stem.

'Ihe branehed opening O is importztnt in serving in a manner as a strainer an(l in allow ing the Operator t0 acljust the amount 0f flow es one er more of the branches areuneovered by the valve F.

Some of Lhe featnres me 0ld in other 00x1- st-ruetions of faueet, an1ong whieh is Patent N0. 57,220, 0f 1866. In tllitfi1)itlillt-, however, the faucet is held to the barrel b y other mezms, and the sten1 E, with its squared bearing f01 the valve, is absent.

Iam aware thai, instead 0i an oseilleting valve stem, a screw-rod has been used t0 operete a valve, es Seen in Patents N0. 254,680, 0f 1882, N0. 160,834,0fl\1:11 e11 2, 1875, und Lenub, N0. l56,852, of 18H. These eonstructions are not sought t0 be covered in this applieatior.

I attaeh importance to the relative errangen1ent 0f bushing an l b0dy, es shown, and to the 1neans f01 0pemting the valve, es well es t0 the fnucet-lmdy forxned in one pieee, es Show1i.

\Vh2tt I elain1 es new is- The eombination, with the exlernztlly itnd internall y threaded bushing a und tl1e threudecl body B, hzwing longitudinal bore C thrca-ded upon the outer portion end hmnched upon the inner portion, es shown, and hzwing also the eonieal smooth bore D, of the conical VZLlVG- stem E, having squared portion c und thrended portion (Z, tl1e oseillating valve. F, und the pi peeonneclion H,all arranged and eonstrueted F01 joint operntion, es und for the pnrposes set f01th.

In testimony whereol' I alfix my signztture in presenee 0l tw0 witnesses.

MICHAEL FI'IZGERALD.

\Vitnesses:

J EREMIA 11 K. LONG, THOMAS F. MAXWELL. 

